Batch Operations

The Batch API allows the client to send multiple AXAPI requests in a single call, which reduces round trips and improves performance.

Two endpoints are available:

• Batch-Get: for grouping multiple GET requests

• Batch-Post: for grouping multiple configuration (POST, PUT, DELETE) requests

Batch-Get

Endpoint

POST /axapi/v3/batch-get

Description

• Executes multiple GET requests in a single API call.

• Returns responses for all URIs in one aggregated response.

• Improves performance by reducing API call overhead.

Intended Use and Limitations

• Only the POST method is allowed.

• URIs ending with /schema (schema request calls) are not supported in Batch-Get operations. If attempted, they will fail.

Error Handling

• If a URI is invalid, its corresponding resp will contain an error object.

• Other valid requests will still return results.

Request Example

POST /axapi/v3/batch-get
      {
        "batch-get-list": [
                {"uri": "/axapi/v3/interface/ethernet/1/schema"},
                {"uri": "/axapi/v3/interface/ethernet?total=true"},
                {"uri": "/axapi/v3/interface/ethernet?start=2&count=3"},
                {"uri": "/axapi/v3/interface/ethernet?start=2&count=3&wrong-filter=xxx"},
                {"uri": "/axapi/v3/interface/ethernet/1/oper"},
                {"uri": "/axapi/v3/slb/server/s1/stats"},
                {"uri": "/axapi/v3/no-such-endpoint"}
        ]
      }

Response Example

{
  "batch-get-list": [
        {
          "uri":"/axapi/v3/interface/ethernet/1/schema",
          "resp":{
                "http-status":400,
                "status":"fail",
                  "err": {
                        "code":1023524864,
                        "msg":"JSON message is wrong."
                  }
          }
        },
        {
          "uri":"/axapi/v3/interface/ethernet?total=true",
          "resp":{
                "total-count":8
          }
        },
        {
          "uri":"/axapi/v3/interface/ethernet?start=2&count=3",
          "resp":{
                "ethernet-list": [
                  {
                        "ifnum":3,
                        "l3-vlan-fwd-disable":0,
                        "load-interval":300,
                        "mtu":1500,
                        "trap-source":0,
                        "duplexity":"auto",
                        "speed":"auto",
                        "flow-control":0,
                        "action":"disable",
                        "uuid":"46e93848-844d-11e5-8d0b-000d480a65d0",
                        "a10-url":"/axapi/v3/interface/ethernet/3"
                  },
                  {
                        "ifnum":4,
                        "l3-vlan-fwd-disable":0,
                        "load-interval":300,
                        "mtu":1500,
                        "trap-source":0,
                        "duplexity":"auto",
                        "speed":"auto",
                        "flow-control":0,
                        "action":"disable",
                        "uuid":"46e93c8a-844d-11e5-8d0b-000d480a65d0",
                        "a10-url":"/axapi/v3/interface/ethernet/4"
                  },
                  {
                        "ifnum":5,
                        "l3-vlan-fwd-disable":0,
                        "load-interval":300,
                        "mtu":1500,
                        "trap-source":0,
                        "duplexity":"auto",
                        "speed":"auto",
                        "flow-control":0,
                        "action":"disable",
                        "uuid":"46e940c2-844d-11e5-8d0b-000d480a65d0",
                        "a10-url":"/axapi/v3/interface/ethernet/5"
                  }
                ]
          }
        },
        {
          "uri":"/axapi/v3/interface/ethernet?start=2&count=3&wrong-filter=xxx",
          "resp":{
                "http-status":400,
                "status":"fail",
                  "err": {
                        "code":1023524866,
                        "msg":"Wrong URI filter."
                 }
          }
        },
        {
          "uri":"/axapi/v3/interface/ethernet/1/oper",
          "resp":{
                "ethernet": {
                  "oper" : {
                        "state":"DISABLED",
                        "line_protocol":"DOWN",
                        "link_type":"GigabitEthernet",
                        "mac":"000d.480a.65cf",
                        "config_speed":"auto",
                        "actual_speed":"unknown",
                        "config_duplexity":"auto",
                        "actual_duplexity":"unknown",
                        "media_type":"Copper"
                  },
                  "a10-url":"/axapi/v3/interface/ethernet/1/oper",
                  "ifnum":1
                }
          }
        },
        {
          "uri":"/axapi/v3/slb/server/s1/stats",
          "resp":{
                "server": {
                  "stats" : {
                        "curr-conn":0,
                        "total-conn":0,
                        "fwd-pkt":0,
                        "rev-pkt":0,
                        "peak-conn":0
                  },
                  "a10-url":"/axapi/v3/slb/server/s1/stats",
                  "name":"s1"
                }
          }
        },
        {
          "uri":"/axapi/v3/no-such-endpoint",
          "resp":{
                "http-status":404,
                "status":"fail",
                  "err": {
                        "code":1023525888,
                        "msg":"URI not found."
                  }
          }
        }
  ]
}

Batch-Post

Endpoint

POST /axapi/v3/batch-post?config-version={version|none}&ignore-errors={true|false}

Description

• Executes multiple configuration requests (POST, PUT, DELETE) sequentially in a single API call.

• Each element must specify a uri, method, and a payload (for POST/PUT). For DELETE, the payload must be empty ({}).

• The config-version parameter ensures that requests are applied only if the device configuration version matches.

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
uri	Yes	AXAPI endpoint to call
method	Yes	One of post, put, delete (get not supported)
payload	Yes	For post/put, JSON request body for the operation
ignore-errors	No (query param)	false (default): stop on first failure, rollback previous requests. true: continue execution, return errors inline.
config-version	No (query param)	Configuration version check before processing requests.

Behavior

• With ignore-errors=false:

  • Processing stops at the first failed element.

  • Response contains only the failure result.

  • All previous successful changes are rolled back.

• With ignore-errors=true:

  • All requests are processed sequentially.

  • Failed elements return error objects in the result list.

  • Successful requests remain applied.

• With config-version:

  • If the specified version matches the device’s current configuration version, the request is processed.

  • If the version does not match, the request fails with HTTP 400 and error message: Config version does not match current version.

  • If set to none, the request is processed without version validation.

Note

The config-version value is incremented automatically after each successful request.

Limitation: Switching from one partition to another is not supported within Batch-Post.

POST Request Example (ignore-errors=true)

POST /axapi/v3/batch-post?config-version=0.89&ignore-errors=true

{
  "batch-post-list": [
    {
      "uri": "/axapi/v3/slb/server",
      "method": "post",
      "payload": {
        "server-list": [
          {
            "name": "s1",
            "host": "2.2.2.2",
            "action": "enable",
            "port-list": [
              { "port-number": 80, "protocol": "tcp" }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "uri": "/axapi/v3/interface/ethernet/1",
      "method": "post",
      "payload": {
        "ethernet": { "action": "enable" }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Response Example

{
  "batch-post-list": [
    {
      "uri": "/axapi/v3/slb/server",
      "resp": {
        "server-list": [
          {
            "name": "s1",
            "host": "2.2.2.2",
            "use-aam-server": 0,
            "action": "enable",
            "template-server": "default",
            "conn-limit": 64000000,
            "no-logging": 0,
            "weight": 1,
            "slow-start": 0,
            "spoofing-cache": 0,
            "stats-data-action": "stats-data-enable",
            "extended-stats": 0,
            "uuid": "57e0ca7e-7170-11f0-927c-8a2e0803194f",
            "port-list": [
              {
                "port-number": 80,
                "protocol": "tcp",
                "range": 0,
                "template-port": "default",
                "action": "enable",
                "no-ssl": 0,
                "support-http2": 0,
                "weight": 1,
                "conn-limit": 64000000,
                "no-logging": 0,
                "stats-data-action": "stats-data-enable",
                "extended-stats": 0,
                "uuid": "57e1564c-7170-11f0-927c-8a2e0803194f",
                "a10-url": "/axapi/v3/slb/server/s1/port/80+tcp"
              }
            ],
            "a10-url": "/axapi/v3/slb/server/s1"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

DELETE Request Example

POST /axapi/v3/batch-post?ignore-errors=false

{
  "batch-post-list": [
    {
      "uri": "/axapi/v3/cgnv6/lsn-lid",
      "method": "delete",
      "payload": {}
    },
    {
      "uri": "/axapi/v3/cgnv6/nat/pool-group",
      "method": "delete",
      "payload": {}
    },
    {
      "uri": "/axapi/v3/cgnv6/nat/pool",
      "method": "delete",
      "payload": {}
    }
  ]
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
  "batch-post-list": [
    {
      "uri": "/axapi/v3/cgnv6/lsn-lid",
      "resp": {
        "http-status": 200,
        "Status": "OK",
        "msg": "Success"
      }
    },
    {
      "uri": "/axapi/v3/cgnv6/nat/pool-group",
      "resp": {
        "http-status": 200,
        "Status": "OK",
        "msg": "Success"
      }
    },
    {
      "uri": "/axapi/v3/cgnv6/nat/pool",
      "resp": {
        "http-status": 200,
        "Status": "OK",
        "msg": "Success"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Error Handling Example

The following example shows AXAPI requests that attempt to configure a non-existent service-group, using ignore-errors=true and ignore-errors=false to compare the outputs.

{
  "batch-post-list": [
    {
      "uri": "/axapi/v3/slb/server",
      "method": "post",
      "payload": {
        "server-list": [
          {
            "action": "enable",
            "host": "1.1.1.1",
            "name": "s1",
            "port-list": [
              {
                "port-number": 80,
                "protocol": "tcp"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "uri": "/axapi/v3/slb/service-group",
      "method": "post",
      "payload": {
        "service-group-list": [
          {
            "name": "s2",
            "protocol": "tcp",
            "member-list": [
              {
                "name": "s2",
                "port": 80
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

ignore-errors=false (default)

Processing stops on first error.

{
  "response": {
    "http-status": 404,
    "status": "fail",
    "err": {
      "code": 1023460352,
      "msg": "Object specified does not exist"
    }
  }
}

ignore-errors=true

All requests processed; failed ones return error.

{
  "batch-post-list": [
    {
      "uri": "/axapi/v3/slb/server",
      "resp": {
        "server-list": [
          {
            "name": "s1",
            "host": "1.1.1.1",
            "use-aam-server": 0,
            "action": "enable",
            "template-server": "default",
            "conn-limit": 64000000,
            "no-logging": 0,
            "weight": 1,
            "slow-start": 0,
            "spoofing-cache": 0,
            "stats-data-action": "stats-data-enable",
            "extended-stats": 0,
            "uuid": "5eac9326-7182-11f0-80d2-8a2e0803194f",
            "port-list": [
              {
                "port-number": 80,
                "protocol": "tcp",
                "range": 0,
                "template-port": "default",
                "action": "enable",
                "no-ssl": 0,
                "support-http2": 0,
                "weight": 1,
                "conn-limit": 64000000,
                "no-logging": 0,
                "stats-data-action": "stats-data-enable",
                "extended-stats": 0,
                "uuid": "5eb53080-7182-11f0-80d2-8a2e0803194f",
                "a10-url": "/axapi/v3/slb/server/s1/port/80+tcp"
              }
            ],
            "a10-url": "/axapi/v3/slb/server/s1"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "uri": "/axapi/v3/slb/service-group",
      "resp": {
        "http-status": 204,
        "status": "OK",
        "msg": "No content."
      }
    }
  ]
}